Stravinsky: Piano Music

Stravinsky’s piano works were notable for their departure from traditional musical norms. He utilized unconventional harmonies and rhythm patterns, and often incorporated elements of folk music and jazz into his pieces. 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Naxos, Presto): 💎 More Information: 🎬🎮 Our music is available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: Composer: Igor Stravinsky Artist: Emanuele Delucchi (piano) The music of Stravinsky, like Beethoven, unmistakably bears the imprint of being composed at the piano – think of the pounding chords of The Rite of Spring or for that matter the delicate right-hand traceries in a later ballet such as Orpheus. However, the composer wrote relatively little dedicated to his own instrument. There are concertante works such as the Capriccio, composed as much as anything to give him something to play, to tour with and earn valuable income from in his appearances with orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic. The solo music is more niche, but no less characteristic, every note a Stravinsky note as Elliott Carter remarked. The Cinq doigts (Five Fingers) of 1921 were composed for a recording – probably the first-ever piece of music specifically written for that purpose – though the recording itself was lost until recently. Much of Stravinsky’s piano style is influenced by the records of ragtime which were brought back for him from New York around that time, including the rippling pianola textures and cross rhythms of the Sonata from three years later. Nearly all of these pieces belong to the Stravinsky of the 1920s – a figure of coruscating brilliance who could draw all music from the past to himself and make it his own. Counterpoint, hymn and a spirit of relaxed nonchalance all pervade the Serenade of 1925, while the brief Etudes encapsulate the glittering virtuoso tradition of Liszt and his successors within a few minutes. The rarity here is a transcription of the chorale from the Symphonies of Wind Instruments, which Stravinsky expeditiously made for a magazine tribute to the memory of Debussy. Emanuele Delucchi is one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation. He has the technique and style to master the most difficult pieces with ease, logic and elegance. He made a name with his recordings for Piano Classics of the insanely difficult Chopin Studies by Godowsky. 👉 Social media links: Facebook: Spotify: Brilliant Classics: Facebook: Spotify: Instagram: TikTok: Tracklist: 4 Etudes, Op. 7 K009: 00:00 I. Con moto 01:13 II. Allegro brillante 04:06 III. Andantino 05:53 IV. Vivo Les cinq doigts, K037: 07:57 I. Andantino 09:07 II. Allegro 10:06 III. Allegretto 11:11 IV. Larghetto 12:36 V. Moderato 13:21 VI. Lento 14:42 VII. Vivo 15:10 VIII. Pesante 16:06 Piano-Rag-Music, K032 Piano Sonata, K043: 19:19 I. = 112 22:09 II. Adagietto 27:37 III. = 112 30:12 Fragment from Symphonies pour instruments à vent, K036 Serenade in A Major, K044: 32:16 I. Hymne 35:38 II. Romance 38:28 III. Rondoletto 41:13 IV. Cadenza finala 43:22 Circus Polka, K064 47:01 Tango, K062 Spotify Playlists: Most Popular Piano Classics: Top 50 Rachmaninoff: Best Piano Music: Peaceful and Relaxing Piano Music: Beautiful Piano Nocturnes: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #Stravinsky #Piano #Music #PianoMusic #ClassicalMusic #Piano #Music #PianoMusic #ClassicalPiano #PianoClassics #BrilliantClassics